Match the figures of speech in List-I with the appropriate statements from List-II:

List-I List-II
(Figures of Speech) (Statements)
(A) Simile (I) The loud silence of the forest seemed to envelop the world in a cloak of quiet.
(B) Oxymoron (II) When well-appareled April on the heel of limping winter treads
(C) Metaphor (III) Then, as the sun went down, it seemed to drag the whole sky with it like shreds of a burning curtain.
(D) Personification (IV) The carpet of snow relieved the drabness of the depressing building.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Question

Accepted Answer

(A) - (III), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (II)

Answer

(A) - (II), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (III)

Answer

(A) - (I), (B) - (II), (C) - (III), (D) - (IV)

Answer

(A) - (III), (B) - (I), (C) - (II), (D) - (IV)

List-I	List-II
(Sentences)	(Preposition phrases)
(A) I drive to work, but I'd never do it ______ if I could avoid it.	(I) at once
(B) You should take the dessert out of the freezer and serve it ______.	(II) by choice
(C) I thought I understood the equation but ______ I realized it was complicated.	(III) at the very least
(D) The store should give me my money back or ______ offer to exchange the shoes.	(IV) on reflection

List-I	List-II
(Figures of Speech)	(Statements)
(A) Simile	(I) The loud silence of the forest seemed to envelop the world in a cloak of quiet.
(B) Oxymoron	(II) When well-appareled April on the heel of limping winter treads
(C) Metaphor	(III) Then, as the sun went down, it seemed to drag the whole sky with it like shreds of a burning curtain.
(D) Personification	(IV) The carpet of snow relieved the drabness of the depressing building.

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